Washing machine



Mar. 6, 1923.

A TTORNE Y.

Mar. 6, 1928. 1,442899;

L. L. scHoMo.

WASHING MACHINE. HLED Nov. 28,' 1920.

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- ATTORNY:

Patented Mar. 6, 1923.

LAURENG L. soHolvro, or seven, rEivsYvAIA.

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Appucation fiiea November 28, 1920. Semi No. zissv.v

To all whom fit may Gowm w Be it known that I, LAURENGE L. SoHoMo,

I a citizen of the United States, resding at v chine, of which the following is a specification. I o

VAn object of the present nvention to provide a type of washing machine 'operatng in', such a manner as to systematically an'd thoroughly cleanse the articles of apL parel placed therein and in a comparatively short' time'l without danger of injuring or destroying the articles. v' I I An additional object is to provide a'washing machine in which, the cleansing operation is accomplished through a system of forcing hot water in the machine through the Clothes alternat'ely as they are washed or agitated by the motion of the clothes'container. v A l An additional object 'is to provide animproved type of c'lothes container into'which hot water and steamis admitted and discharged through openings formed in opposite ends of the container, caused the dipping and oscillating actionvgi'ven the container in the operation of'` the machine.

Vith the above and additional objects in view, the invention may be said to reside generally in the details of constructlon, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully pointed out and described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings therein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the washing machine constructed 1n accordance with the invention, and

F igure 2, a Vertical, cross sectional, view of the same.

The frame of the machine consists of four corner posts or legs 1 connected by the necessary staves or cross braces 2; this frame to be made of any suitable metal or wood adapted for the purpose. Upon the uppermost stave or cross brace, the steam and water container of the machine is mounted and secured so as to be stationary. This container, indicated at 3, may consist of a hollow drum formed in two sections; the lower section being secured within the frame or corner posts with the other section forming the top or cover for the drum. This container is to befilled with hot water or other liquid used in the cleansing process 'of the water container.

and is to bemade of any suitable metal desired, being built of s'uflicient height to give proper clearance to 'the'clothes cont'ainer when same is in motion;y

The Clothes 'container into which are placed the clothes to be wash'ed, is suspended, at the sides, from pin'ion shafts or aX-lv'es 5 rotatably mounted through bearings 6 at the topofthe frame and "in line with the lcenter VVhile other and various means may be resorted to for su'spending the' 'clothescontainen in the'pre'isent instance the shafts 5 are each providedV with brack'et ends 7 to' which the contai'ner'ma-y be conveniently bolt'e'd or otherwise secured.

The vcont-aine'fr is, for the mostpart, imperforate and is provided witlra' removable cover 8 placed 'on top to confiney the'v clothes within the container. edge'sthe container is eq'uipp'ed with liquid At' 'opposite ends or receiving boxes 9, extending inwardly of the container but small enough to prevent the W clothes from passing through. The removabl'e cover is located betweenv the steamboxes and prox'fides the means-wherebythe c'lothes are placed within the container. The shape of this container is such as to permit it to be revolved readily within the outer' container and it is provided along its bottom with a plurality of perforations 10 extending just a short distance to either side of the center line.

On the outside of one of the shaft 5 a gear 11 is provided. This gear is driven by a worm 12 rotatably supported in brackets 13 depending from the upper cross brace 2 of the frame. At the opposite end of the worm shaft the beveled gear 14 is mounted and meshing with this gear is a horizontally rotating gear 15, the latter being carried by a vertically disposed shaft 16 supported between upper and lower cross braces of the frame by means of a bracket 17. The shaft 16, which may be consid-` ered as the drive shaft, is in turn rotated through the m'eshing of either gear 18 and 18' With the drive shaft gear 19. The gears 18 and 18-' are fiXedly mounted upon a slid` ing sleeve 20 operated by means of a pivoted level' 21, so that either gear may be brought into engagement with the drive shaft gear for reversing the direction of rotation of the drive shaft and consequently the motion of the clothes container. By intermittently shifting the lever 21 and alternately engaging the gears 18 18' with the drive shaft gear, it is obvious that the clothes container may be caused to oscillate within the water container, alternating in each direction from forty five to ninety degrees.

Any suitable Operating power a may be employed for driving the machine as it is obvious that the device admits of being driven by hand, electric power, water power or otherwise as may be found most desirable. In the present instance the device is illustrated as being electrically driven by a motor 22 suitably arranged within the frame of the machine and connected by a belt pulley 23 to a sheave rigidly fixed to the slidable sleeve 20 upon which the gears 18 and 18' are mounted,

In the operation of the machine, the clothes container is oscillated, with a quick action which not only agitates the clothes within the container but causes them to be thoroughly impregnated with the steam and water driven through the container. During the oscillating operation of the container, the steamv and hot water pass into the liquid receiving boxes and through the clothes within thecontainer. There is to be sufiicient hot water in the water container to permit the clothes container to alternately dip water into the liquid receiving boxes at the ends of each stroke, in the course o-f its movement.

It isthus seen that in the operation of the machine the action of the clothes container is such that the alternate water dipping is such as to cause the water in the outer container to be thoroughly circulated through the clothesas they are, of course, agitated by the motion of the container.

While the foregoing may be considered as having reference to the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that it is not limited to the disclosures herein made, but capable of modified application and entitled to all such changes and alterations as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A washing machine comprising a base, a stationary fluid container carried by the base including a cylindrical outer wall and disk-shaped side walls, an oscillatory clothes container mounted upon` aXles within the fluid container adapted to move through the fluid in the fluid container,said clothes container including a substantially semi-cylindrical bottom wall having a series of perforations therein at its. transverse center, and semi-circular side walls, liquid receiving` boxes carried by the clothes container and disposed at the opposite ends thereof for receiving the fluid from the fluid container, said boxes including reticulated inner and lower walls, and a cover for the clothes container disposed intermediate said boxes.

. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LAURENCE L. SCHOMO.

W. C. PARK. 

